Potato Harvest for Shepherds of Good Hope

Shepherds of Good Hope is receiving the generosity from the community one more time.  An Ottawa entrepreneur, Mike Quinn has donated one of his garden plots on the Earl Armstrong Road for a charity harvest after his friend Shawn Thompson convinced him it would be a good idea.  Shawn took it upon himself to plant the seed potatoes and suggested that the recipients of the harvest should be Shepherds of Good Hope.

Today four of Shepherds of Good Hope clients, as well as two staff members joined Shawn and Mike in a potato harvest of 400 linear feet of plants.  A BBQ and refreshments followed and all potatoes were transported back to Shepherds of Good Hope Soup Kitchen.

 “I plan to grow this idea literally and perhaps add another crop or two next year with Shepherds of Good Hope input and support,” said Shawn Thompson.

“Shepherds of Good Hope feed, clothe and house the poor and homeless but could not continue to do so without the generosity and dedication of the community at large. For this we are very grateful,” said Paul Soucie, Executive Director of Shepherds of Good Hope.